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Magnificent Lumb hits Twenty20 century
Michael Lumb became Hampshire’s first Twenty20 centurion on a record-breaking night at the Rose Bowl. The destructive left hander will be a serious contender for England’s next Twenty20 squad if he maintains the form that sent Hampshire second
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£250K boost for Southampton Hospital Charity’s Red and White Appeal
A DAILY Echo-backed appeal to create a state-of-the-art blood transplant centre has received a £250,000 cash boost. Southampton Hospital Charity’s Red and White Appeal now stands at £330,689 thanks to the massive donation from The Kay Kendall
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Smugglers jailed for 83 years over £36m cannabis haul
TEN men convicted of attempting to smuggle 12.5 tonnes of cannabis resin worth £36m into Southampton stashed in a rusty tugboat were jailed for a total of 83 years today. The smugglers were caught after an international operation shadowed the boat as
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Swapping guns for rakes
HAMPSHIRE soldiers swapped their guns for gardening tools to support an elderly former serviceman. A team of more than 50 army personnel and cadets spent three days clearing 82-year-old Albie Bowles’ garden in Houghton. By the time they had finished
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Building plunge death man named
A MAN who fell to his death from a four storey building in Hampshire has been named. He was 24-year-old Gavin Andrew Fisher of Old Road, Gosport who died in Waverley Road, Southsea, on Tuesday, June 2. A post mortem examination revealed that he died
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Police name man whose body was found on Hampshire foreshore
POLICE have this afternoon named a man whose body was found on Hampshire foreshore. Jonathan Edward Matthews, 32, of High Street, Lyndhurst was discovered at around 7am yesterday between Eling Hill and Goatee beach near Totton. A post-mortem examination
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2,000 staff in walk-out threat on the buses
PASSENGERS face a summer of misery as strike threats loom at both of Hampshire’s bus giants, the Daily Echo can reveal. Unions and bosses are locking horns over pay at First and pensions at Bluestar. Almost 2,000 employees may halt work
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The Biscay Challenge
The 540-mile Biscay Challenge yacht race from the Solent to northern Spain, which starts next week, is shaping up to provide some of the keenest racing in the Royal Southampton Yacht Club’s racing calendar. Twenty-two yachts and 44 yachtsmen are due
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Women’s Championship attracting variety of top level entrants
The event organisers of the Women’s Open Keelboat Championship 2009 at the Royal Southern Yacht Club say this year’s entries are shaping up well, with several top level sailors and a charity boat sailing to raise funds for Breast Cancer Care. The event
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Mixed reception for Southampton’s young new education chiefs
THEIR promotion to head up Southampton’s schools and children’s services – with a combined £226m budget – was met with shock by the city’s education professionals. One teaching union chief revealed he “fell about laughing” on hearing a 20-year-old
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Wartime stories
Ted Thurston, aged 83, who lives near the New Forest, was a sniper with the 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, in the battle for Normandy. He is now chairman of New Forest Veterans of Normandy. These are his words... “I was 17 when I joined the
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Flowers mark the church’s makeover
A HISTORIC Winchester church is celebrating a major revamp with a four-day flower festival. The Hospital of St Cross has been re-wired and re-lit in a £180,000 scheme. Now the church is emblazoned with colour and decorated throughout
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Win Isle of Wight Festival tickets
THERE’S just a week to go until the biggest festival on the south coast gets under way – and we’re giving you the chance to grab a free pair of tickets and see some of the hottest names in music this summer. The Daily Echo has teamed up
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More drivers hit with bill for cement damage
IT was their pride and joy. Now a couple have been left with a £514 repair bill after their brand new black Saab 93 convertible was splattered with wet cement as they drove along a major Southampton road. Lorraine and Neil Hickman fear
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Dee and the girls ready to rule the waves
TWO of the best yachts-women in the world are teaming up in a bid to sail into the record books – and to prove the mighty force of girl power. Two months since they became household names finding glory in the Vendée Globe round the world race, Hampshire
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Oscar storms ahead in OSTAR
YOUNG Hampshire solo sailor Oscar Mead has dramatically taken the lead in his fleet in a gruelling transatlantic yacht race. The 18-year-old, the youngest competitor ever to compete in the Original Singlehanded Transatlantic Race, shot to the
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Clipper teams gather
MORE than 300 adventurers travelled from all over the world to Hampshire to discover which of the ten teams competing in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race they will represent. Three-quarters of the 422 men and women who will be taking part
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Zapcats flying start
THE Zapcat racing season got off to a flying start with 28 teams blasting around off the coast of Bournemouth in a bid for the number one spot. Thousands flocked to the beach in the glorious sunshine to watch the nippy twin-hulled powerboats fly back
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Goodison is back in form
OLYMPIC star Paul Goodison stormed to gold in the latest round of World Cup sailing, leading Britain’s sailors to overall victory. It is the second win in a row for the former Solent University student, pictured, who also took gold at the French Olympic
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Margaret's petition helps get Nick Girdler back on Radio Solent
FOR nearly 35 years he was the voice of Radio Solent. Now one of the station’s most popular presenters is making a return – three years after leaving. Nick Girdler is to host a new Sunday morning show running from 9am until midday from
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High St chill is eased by Iceland
OPTIMISM is growing among traders in a Hampshire town as Iceland moves into a former Woolworths store creating 37 new jobs. The frozen and chilled food giant will be opening its latest branch in Ringwood next Thursday filling a yawning gap in the shopping
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New Look fashions a record year . . .
FASHION chain New Look yesterday posted record full year results claiming its affordable clothing and accessories had helped entice more cash-strapped customers. The Weymouth based firm, which has 612 stores in the UK and Ireland including Southampton
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Thursday 4 June
Today’s principal Southampton arrivals: Verity, cargo, 0700, 36S; Courage, vehicle, 0700, 34/5; OOCL Los Angeles, 0830, 205; Vega Spinell, container, 1900, 204E; Savannah Express, container, 2000, 207; Perseus Leader, vehicle, 2230, 43 Today’s principal
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Gush hour in Northam
IT was like a tropical spring gushing out of the ground, 40ft into the air. When workmen struck a water main, a spectacular fountain of water brought traffic in Southampton to a standstill It didn’t take long for a few sun soaked revellers
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Search launched after empty dinghy spotted in Solent
RESCUE crews are carrying out an emergency search of the Solent after an empty dinghy was found floating adrift. A passing boat first spotted the dinghy just before 8am this morning and Solent Coastguard was launched to find the vessel with
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Two 6,000-year-old tombs uncovered
TWO 6,000-year-old tombs have been unearthed in Hampshire in one of the biggest archaeological finds for years. The discovery, thought to be among the oldest ever made in the UK, is set to shed new light on the life led by the county’s earliest settlers
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Is Wotte on his way
PINNACLE and Mark Wotte are staying silent about the head coach’s future after talks were held yesterday. Both parties met for the first time, but refused to reveal the outcome of their discussions. The silence casts doubt over Wotte
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Dyer cash blow for Saints
SAINTS will receive less than three-quarters of the transfer fee they agreed with Swansea for the sale of winger Nathan Dyer. The 21-year-old signed a three-year deal with the Championship side yesterday, for a £400,000 sum. However, a proportion of
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Apprentice Kate in final showdown
HAMPSHIRE high-flyer Kate Walsh has stormed into the all-girl final of The Apprentice. The 27-year-old Licensing Development Manager from Alresford, pictured left when told she had made the final, will go head to head with Yasmina Siadatan
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Return of the Admiral’s Cup?
ONE of the world’s best known regattas is on the brink of returning to the Solent thanks to a cash boost from Southampton investment firm Skandia. The Admiral’s Cup – widely regarded as the world championships of offshore racing – saw nations battle
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Ismini's world class work of art
A 3m high walkthrough woven cloth has won a Hampshire textiles lecturer a coveted spot to showcase her work at a world class exhibit. Ismini Samanidou, pictured, a textile designer and artist at the University of Southampton’s Winchester School of Art
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Romsey charity shop wins award
ROMSEY charity shop Oasis Christian Centre has won the Small UK Retailer of the Year after impressing members of the Christian Booksellers Convention. It comes after manager Angie Nelson celebrated 25 years working at the Church Street store. She took
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Moonwalk pair put their feet up
HAMPSHIRE women are putting their feet up after successfully completing the annual gruelling Walk The Walk MoonWalk in London. Friends Julie Folan, pictured right, and Wendy Maxwell, left, who both work at Moorgreen Hospital in West End, completed the
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Students work making an impression
TRAINING films made by a keen group of media students are of such a high standard they are playing around the clock at Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service’s headquarters. Teenagers from Barton Peveril College in Eastleigh injected their enthusiasm
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Joy after ring is found 10 years after being lost in a field
A woman is celebrating after finding a ring she thought she had lost nearly ten years ago. Isobel Pinder said when she first lost the Scottish pinky ring – on water meadows near Easton in Winchester – metal detectors were brought in to try
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Cannabis smugglers sentenced today
A gang which attempted to smuggle 12.5 tonnes of cannabis resin worth £36 million into Britain through Southampton stashed in a rusty tug boat will be sentenced today. The smugglers were caught after an international operation shadowed
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Animal deaths protest march
CAMPAIGNERS are taking to the streets in protest at the large number of animal accidents in a New Forest village. Residents say 40 ponies have been killed or badly injured in collisions on Burley Road, Brockenhurst, in the past five years
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Inquest into firefighter's death due today
AN inquest into the death of a Hampshire firefighter found hanged at his own fire station is due to be held today. Robert Beazley’s body was discovered the day after he had been arrested and interviewed in connection with an alleged assault
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Town moving closer to pedestrianisation
A PRIME shopping street in Ringwood looks likely to be closed to through traffic after £200,000 improvements next year. Following a public consultation councillors want to make Southampton Road access only. They also decided to mark the road surface
